Test The Ashes First Test November 21-25 1300hrs @ Perth Stadium

[Mac Chappy]

What are the odds of Khawaja keeping his opening spot and Head going back to 5

 

[Portmagpies36]

Could not happen to a nicer mob

 

[FreoRicci]

Khawaja played golf to allow Head to dominate. Nice

 

[BlueBayou]

How many seamers do you want? 3 quicks plus Green plus likely Webster. That’s 5. Nice to have a spinner for at worst variety.

Head, Smudge, Labu....?

I don't disagree, but Gaz had virtually no input in this game.

 

[damochandler]

I say it every year, it’s like banging my head against a grenade. The Gabba test pitch is not like the shield matches. They produce pitch that goes 5 days, this pitch will be the same

That’s why they pick a spinner every year

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Head, Smudge, Labu....?

I don't disagree, but Gaz had virtually no input in this game.

You’ll need him to at worst give the seamers a rest. We don’t need SIX seamers. Happy to play Neser but for one of Boland/Doggett

 

[Grumpyshades]

don't tell me match practice and fitness doesn't make a difference

The contrast between the 1st and 2nd innings for the England bowlers was chalk and cheese..
The Auzzie bowlers in comparison bowled with the same energy and pace over both innings

both bowling groups had about the same amount of rest between innings

 

[BlueBayou]

I just finished a biography of Denis Compton - they had similar stats off-field, I'd say.

ohh? tell me more...

 

[BlueBayou]

That’s why he’s spent 5 years on his rehab getting to this point. He could have f**ked off years ago to the circuit and made a fortune. What blowback mate? What a ridiculous notion

Seems like they wasted 5 years of rehab. They didn't work on the heart muscle.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Bowlers wicket. Green hard top. Head threw caution to the wind, and got away with it.

It was a sporting pitch. You could get runs if you knuckled down and weren’t dumb for your first 20 runs even Head did that actually. This pitch was not a green top, it had just enough and was getting easier to bat as it does on day 3 into day 4. It’s not the curators fault Crawley and co are so braindead they can’t be bothered even attempting to stay in

 

[melanChronic]

If Head stays as opener and Webster comes in for Usman, then the XI will have someone from the pathway of every state and territory for the first time ever.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Tommrows headline:

Head good Root bad

 

[LukeParkerno1]

bit banged up as well....save him for the spinning tracks

Lyon bowls his best on bouncy tracks not spin ones he’s a tall offie

 

[Ohitsthatguy]

I think the Head strategy only worked because the Poms were caught off guard

They will have plans if he opens next match

 

[Grumpyshades]

Bazball is one dimensional cricket...being saying it for a few years

 

[Borisdog]

You’re the exact sort of fan that The Grade Cricketer mock incessantly

**** no. My life will never be the same.

 

[cats_09]

English fans - the gift that keeps on giving...

 

[troybe]

Khawaja played golf to allow Head to dominate. Nice

Playing the long game

 

[Pollywaffle]

So, as I predicted, the poms found a way to lose and Australia Bradburied another win. (Where is that guy who said he would delete his account if that happened )
England had a golden opportunity to put Australia under real pressure and should have nailed that match but they are too busy drinking their own bath water and patting each other on the back for their mediocre bazball performances to grow some sort of spine and graft some genuine test match wins.

 

[rdhopkins2]

Aussies win!? What a strange Test Match!
The poor curator will probably cop a poor pitch rating from the ICC too.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

I had my doubts, I was thinking dark thoughts…

Then Big Sexy comes along, and Trav, and the team totally redeem themselves

 

[FreoGirl]

what a great day!!

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Aussies win!? What a strange Test Match!
The poor curator will probably cop a poor pitch rating from the ICC too.

Incompetence from the batsmen should not affect the pitch

 

[big_e]

ohh? tell me more...

They shagged a lot of people that they weren't married to. A lot.

 

[two blue tiger]

Hope the selectors don't do the "nothing to see here" with Uzzie and somehow keep him in the side. Bloke is as cooked as a steak left on the barbie for an hour. Has been for the last two years.......